Improvement in cooking-stoves



C. McCLAIN.

Cooking Stove.

'No. 94,327. Patented Aug. 31, 1869.

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Letters Patent N 94,327, dated August 31, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT COOKING-STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES MoGLAIN, ofCarlyle, in the county of Clinton, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking-Stoves; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in Which The figure is a'verticalsection of a stove to which my improvement has been attached.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction ofcooking-stoves, to adapt them more perfectly for use in burning coal,and more particularly bituminous or soft coal, so as to prevent thesmutting of the vessels used in cooking, and to prevent the escape ofthe'soot and cinders into the room every time a vessel is removed fromthe stove; and

It consists in the interposition of an extra plate, constructed ashereinaiter more fully described, between the top and body of the stove.

A is the top plate of the stove, which is made in the ordinary manner,except that it is made without a pipe-collar.

B is a supplementary plate, which is cast with an upwardly-projectingflange, 12, around its outer edge,

two inches more or less in height, according to the size of the stove. v

The plate B is also cost with a flue or pipe-collar,

b, of such a length as to extend up through the plate.

A sutficientlyto receive the pipe. The plates A and B are secured toeach other, and to the other parts of the stove in the same. mannerasthe parts of an ordinary stove are connected together.

By this construction the vessels used in cooking are kept from contactwith the flame of the fire, and are thus preserved from being smntt-edby such contact, while at the same time the cooking can be done with thesame facility as though the plate B were not used, the hot air containedin the space between the plates A and B assisting in the process.

Having thus described my invention.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The plate B,cast with a rim or flange, b, and with a flue or long pipe-collar, b, incombination with the top plate A of a cooking-stove, said ,top platebeing made without a pipe-collar, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: GHAS. MCCLAIN.

WILLIAMS. FORD, JAMES B. SMITH.

